Robin one shot part 3!

Then only for a minute, I want to change my mind

"Hey, thrift shops are full of stuff from our childhood. We could take you guys out and we could get some classic movies," the ginger suggested. 

"Oh, that would be fun!" M'gann agreed excitedly. They all knew once she had her heart set on something, they were doing it so they decided not to mention that they now had the internet and could just watch the movies there. Then again, most of their methods were technically illegal and no one wanted to spend an hour explaining the grey area in morals and ethics regarding the law. So it was settled that they'd all get dressed in civilian clothing and head out into town on the hunt for discarded copies of Avatar the Last Airbender and Kim Possible. 

As they got ready to go, Connor and Robin were the first ones prepared so they waited by the Zetatubes. The clone had been quiet for most of the day which wasn't entirely unlike him but he had this pensive look on his face as though he wanted to say something but wasn't sure. Robin had gotten very good at reading him in their time together as a team and he found some humour in how closely he mirrored his mentor. They both preferred to remain quiet and both required a little more social training to learn how to make off-handed comments sound like just that instead of digs at someone. When Robin first met the League, he noticed that they weren't all well versed in speaking Batman so he began translating for them. He supposed now he was beginning to translate for Connor too. So when he noticed this expression adorning his friend's face, he decided it was better to ask now and get it over with rather than do so in public with the rest of the team who might not understand. 

"What's up, big guy?" he asked the clone. Connor opened his mouth before closing it again with a pondering look. "You know I won't get offended if you tell me. Even if you say it wrong."

"Why don't you talk about the time before you met Batman? Everyone else has spoken about what happened before they met their mentors, even Artemis after we figured out who the mole really was. Why haven't you?" The question was innocent but it didn't fail to make the smaller of the pair let out a sigh. He knew he should've gone with something more nonchalant when he responded to M'ganns question. He hadn't expected her to drop the subject so he was a little surprised hearing it from Connor since he was the less curious of the two. He thought about the question and then settled on a well-measured answer that wouldn't give too much away.

"The thing is Supes, it's not very nice to talk about. I don't want to talk about something that makes me upset," he explained politely.

"But why is it upsetting? You never talk about yourself. It's always Robin. Why do you get special treatment whilst Canary tells me I need to be Connor and Superboy?"

"Canary isn't my guardian. Batman is."

"Why does that make a difference? He's the same person who made you miss all that stuff Artemis and Wally were talking about." Robin went to great lengths to maintain his temper with Connor because he knew that he wasn't doing it to push buttons. The questions were out of curiosity, an urge to understand why there were exceptions not because he wanted a reaction out of him. 

"He isn't the person who made me miss it. I am. Being a hero was more than myself, I knew that even when I was nine so I spent my childhood looking out for others. You guys have limits today because of the work I did before you. You guys get more of a childhood than I had."

"Do you regret becoming Robin then?"

"Connor, don't ask me that," he answered instead of giving a real one because he didn't have one. He was only still realising how much he'd missed and he didn't want to face that he might regret what got him in this position. Being Robin has saved his life, hadn't it? It was the thing that motivated him and he saved so many people. If he didn't have Robin then he didn't know where he'd be. Maybe better off.